The Atlanta women’s college has decided to suspend a prestigious professorship funded in part by Bill Cosby amid the growing allegations of sexual assault.
The award, officially named the William and Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Endowed Professorship, was granted in 1988, after Cosby's daughters attended the all-female university, and he gave a $20 million grant to the school. At the time, it was the biggest grant awarded to a historically black college.
The donation also helped build a 69,000-square-foot facility, which houses the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, the college archives, and offices.
In May 2006, keynote speaker Bill Cosby and Spelman College President Beverly Tatum talk before the start of commencement at the school in Atlanta.
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